Vows

(skt.: uddana; tib.: dom pa) An obligation which one takes to do or not do something. There are three types of vows (tib.: dom pa sum):

- Pratimoksha vows - Hinayana and Mahayana practitioners can take these vows 

- Bodhisattva vows - only Mahayana practitioners can take these vows

- Tantric vows - only Mahayana practitioners can take these vows